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Information and the Existence of Stationary Markovian Equilibrium

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We describe conditions for the existence of a stationary Markovian equilibrium when total production or total endowment is a random variable. Apart from regularity assumptions, there are two crucial conditions: (i) low information -- agents are ignorant of both total endowment and their own endowments when they make decisions in a given period, and (ii) proportional endowments -- the endowment of each agent is in proportion, possibly a random proportion, to the total endowment. When these conditions hold, there is a stationary equilibrium. When they do not hold, such equilibrium need not exist.

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  • Ioannis Karatzas & Martin Shubik & William D. Sudderth, 2000. "Information and the Existence of Stationary Markovian Equilibrium," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 1261, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
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    Information; stochastic process; money; and disequilibrium;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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